Orlando auto workers weigh their options after approving new UAW contract, which will close their parts center
‘The company gave us two choices: consolidate facilities and gain jobs, or close facilities and lose jobs.’
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‘The company gave us two choices: consolidate facilities and gain jobs, or close facilities and lose jobs.’
The new agreement suspends a six-week strike, as workers will vote on whether to accept the new contract.
‘We’re out here for the cause of everybody,’ say union workers on the picket line against the Big Three car companies.
The strike by the United Auto Workers union has entered its fifth week with no end in sight. The union has targeted specific plants from each U.S. automaker, including Stellantis, General Motors and Ford. About 34,000 autoworkers are on strike against the three companies, and the union has threatened to expand to add more factories.
The United Auto Workers (UAW) initiated a strike at Ford's Kentucky Truck Plant despite the automaker offering a beneficial contract, Ford spokesperson Dan Barbossa told Sputnik on Wednesday.